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03-10-2008 | 09:41 AM
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From: 29°50'49.74"N 95° 5'17.55"W.......TEXAS
My Grandfather was the 1st man to ever fly to the North Pole
He was Floyd Bennett. I never got a chance to meet him because he died flying a rescue mission before I was born.
I understand he was quite a man. There are 2 airports named after him and a plane named The Floyd Bennett is on display at the Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mi.
Also a Navy Destroyer, The USS Bennett
And he received the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge.
I just wish I could have got a chance to know him.
He was Floyd Bennett. I never got a chance to meet him because he died flying a rescue mission before I was born.
I understand he was quite a man. There are 2 airports named after him and a plane named The Floyd Bennett is on display at the Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mi.
Also a Navy Destroyer, The USS Bennett
And he received the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge.
I just wish I could have got a chance to know him.
That is way cool JB, my grandfather worked for a government agency, he never did discuss his work as he was not allowed to, made for rather dull company.
03-10-2008 | 10:09 AM
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From: Boyne City, Mi.
Yea I think it was kind of cool.
I think I must have got my wonder lust from him.
Here he is getting the Congressional Metal of Honor.
I remember my dad telling a story one time about the instruments not being very good back then and they got a little off coarse because everything is SOUTH when your at the North Pole.
I think I must have got my wonder lust from him.
Here he is getting the Congressional Metal of Honor.
I remember my dad telling a story one time about the instruments not being very good back then and they got a little off coarse because everything is SOUTH when your at the North Pole.
03-10-2008 | 10:21 AM
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From: 29°50'49.74"N 95° 5'17.55"W.......TEXAS
Yea I think it was kind of cool.
I think I must have got my wonder lust from him.
Here he is getting the Congressional Metal of Honor.
I remember my dad telling a story one time about the instruments not being very good back then and they got a little off coarse because everything is SOUTH when your at the North Pole.
I think I must have got my wonder lust from him.
Here he is getting the Congressional Metal of Honor.
I remember my dad telling a story one time about the instruments not being very good back then and they got a little off coarse because everything is SOUTH when your at the North Pole.
03-10-2008 | 10:30 AM
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03-10-2008 | 10:33 AM
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